Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 7301-7306

  Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a   Lobo, José ^b   Helbing, Dirk ^c   Kühnert, Christian ^c   West, Geoffrey B ^a,d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of scale; Increasing returns; Population; Sustainability; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LIFE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE; URBANIZATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIFESTYLE;

CITIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 34249860847     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610172104     Document Type: Article

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